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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Physical Examination > Vital Signs > Body Temperature > Body Temperature Regulation > Thermogenesis > Shivering
Physiological Phenomena > Body Temperature > Body Temperature Regulation > Thermogenesis > Shivering
Physiological Phenomena > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Thermogenesis > Shivering
... > Biological Phenomena > Adaptation, Biological > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Thermogenesis > Shivering
Physiological Phenomena > Homeostasis > Body Temperature Regulation > Thermogenesis > Shivering

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Shivering  

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Scope note

  • Involuntary contraction or twitching of the muscles. It is a physiologic method of heat production in man and other mammals.

History note

  • 70(64)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012768

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